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four or five years ago, our greatest concern would be radicalization from individuals in pakistan or yemen and other individuals or acolytes in the united states who would reach out and touch somebody and recruit them to go to human -- yen in -- yemen or pakistan. what has happened is the self- radicalization over the internet. today, individuals do not have to travel to pakistan to understand the literature, be exposed to the literature, and to gain some of the information and knowledge on how you undertake a tax. it can be all done on the internet. increasingly, we see those individuals are radicalize, self-radicalized as being a huge problem for us. in the united states, there are a variety of ways that people become radicalized. particularly after september 11, for the four or five years after that. it really is, to a large extent, the muslim american community itself, if you are talking about international terrorism, who has alerted us to persons who we need to look further at and has understood that the worst thing that could happen to the muslim american community in the united stat
four or five years ago, our greatest concern would be radicalization from individuals in pakistan or yemen and other individuals or acolytes in the united states who would reach out and touch somebody and recruit them to go to human -- yen in -- yemen or pakistan. what has happened is the self- radicalization over the internet. today, individuals do not have to travel to pakistan to understand the literature, be exposed to the literature, and to gain some of the information and knowledge on how...
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al qaeda in the arabian peninsula operating in yemen has attended several attacks on the united states, including the failed christmas day airline bombing in 2009 and the attempted bombing of u.s.-bound cargo planes in october 2010. most recently, we have a growing concern about the threat from homegrown violent extremists. these individuals have no typical profile. their experiences and motives are often distinct, but they are increasingly savvy and willing to act alone, which makes them difficult to find and stop. in 2009, smadi was a 19-year-old jordanian citizen living in texas, and although he espoused loyal to -- loyalty to al qaeda and some of the modern, he was not affiliated with any groups that would become terrorists. he had become radicalized on his own on the internet. when he expressed clear interest in attacking a dallas skyscraper, the fbi used undercover agents to set up a sting, and three agents who spoke arabic began talking with him, first online and later in prison. he believed he had found an al qaeda sleeper sell to assist him. after months of planning, he parked
al qaeda in the arabian peninsula operating in yemen has attended several attacks on the united states, including the failed christmas day airline bombing in 2009 and the attempted bombing of u.s.-bound cargo planes in october 2010. most recently, we have a growing concern about the threat from homegrown violent extremists. these individuals have no typical profile. their experiences and motives are often distinct, but they are increasingly savvy and willing to act alone, which makes them...
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to settle scores with areas in yemen or groups in yemen, and that created a big fuss. today, that strategy is more open and more open regimes like in yemen to a great extent. i think we've seen more drone attacks than in the past, but there is a serious cooperation, there is a serious cooperation. you target the enemy, know who the enemy is, and this was on account of both sides. i think the most important thing to keep in mind is that where do you -- what do you stop the use of the drones? what are the consequences later on? so far -- >> what's your thought on that? >> the consequences, for me, and i think i strongly believe that, we cannot continue just using the drones. you have to complement the drones with other strategies. when you strike in a friendly area is different when you strike an enemy area. i think yemen cooperated seriously, and i think yemen is one of the very few countries that managed to draw out from certain areas, of course, with the help of the u.s. and the west, but what worries us most is that the collateral damage can be a serious problem. use
to settle scores with areas in yemen or groups in yemen, and that created a big fuss. today, that strategy is more open and more open regimes like in yemen to a great extent. i think we've seen more drone attacks than in the past, but there is a serious cooperation, there is a serious cooperation. you target the enemy, know who the enemy is, and this was on account of both sides. i think the most important thing to keep in mind is that where do you -- what do you stop the use of the drones?...
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served as the peace corps country director in bulgaria and jordan and was a peace corps volunteer in the yemen arab republic. miss barbara strack is the chief of the refugee affairs division at the department of homeland securitiy's citizenship and immigration services. ms. strack's responsibilities include managing the refugee corps and headquarters to support the u.s. refugee admission program by conducting overseas adjudications and the related policy training, quality assurance, anti-fraud, and national-security efforts. miss strack came to dhs with both public and private sector experience, serving in the policy office of the former immigration and naturalization service, as a senate committee counsel, among other positions. miss dawn scalici is the deputy undersecretary for analysis in the office of intelligence and analysis at the department of homeland security. in this capacity, she leads the office's analytic efforts with a special focus on advancing analysis and developing intelligence products to support the dhs leadership and state, local, tribal, and private sector partners. prio
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anyone who kills an american soldier and about 160,000 in gold for killing the american ambassador to yemen. those offers from al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. a branch that u.s. officials have called the terror network's greatest threat to america. the site intelligence group that monitors islamist web sites reports the threats came n al qaeda audio recording. no response yet from washington. investigators are say a couple arrested in new york had papers labeled terrorist encyclopedia and bomb-making materials inside the apartment. the cops arrested the woman and boyfriend on saturday after receiving anonymous tip. they say they retrieved 7 grams of high explosives in the couple's apartment and instructions thousand make bombs. the woman was 9 months pregnant when they arrested her. and she has since given birth. a lawyer for one defendant said only othe whole situation is sad, that was a quote. well, a double whammy in our nation's capitol as lawmakers try to hammer out a deal on the fiscal cliff. there is word we are also about to hit the nation's debt ceiling. what does that mean for
anyone who kills an american soldier and about 160,000 in gold for killing the american ambassador to yemen. those offers from al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. a branch that u.s. officials have called the terror network's greatest threat to america. the site intelligence group that monitors islamist web sites reports the threats came n al qaeda audio recording. no response yet from washington. investigators are say a couple arrested in new york had papers labeled terrorist encyclopedia and...
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the one that got al awlaki in yemen. i think they should see the whole memo. i think redacted versions should be public. >> let's hear carl levin start the hearing. >> -- secretary of defense. before we begin, i want to first welcome senator inhofe as the new ranking republican in our committee, seceding senator mccain. senator mccain has been a great partner over the last six years and i thank him for all that he has done to get our bills enacted, for all of his leadership on a host of issues, for his support in the work of this committee, and for always keeping our hearings lively. senator inhofe has shown his strong commitment to the national defense over his 20 years on this committee. and i know that we're going to work well together to continue the bipartisan tradition of the committee. we're also pleased to welcome the eight senators who are joining the committee this year, both those who are new to the senate and those who are new to our committee. senators donnelly, hirano, cain, and king on the democratic side and senators blunt, cruz, fisher and lee
the one that got al awlaki in yemen. i think they should see the whole memo. i think redacted versions should be public. >> let's hear carl levin start the hearing. >> -- secretary of defense. before we begin, i want to first welcome senator inhofe as the new ranking republican in our committee, seceding senator mccain. senator mccain has been a great partner over the last six years and i thank him for all that he has done to get our bills enacted, for all of his leadership on a...
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we are favoring the kill and capture piece, especially in places like pakistan and yemen, somalia to some extent and other states. i don't think we have great strategies of waging political warfare. that's what we need to do, a gap that needs to be filled, and i think we can draw lessons from the days of the cold war as to how too that. the need to do that, i think, was brought home to me by a meeting i had a few years ago, i think in 2008 in baghdad with a fellow named -- a brave iraqi parliamentarian, brave or suicidal or a combination of the two, who dared to visit israel and thought iraq should normalize relations with israel for which sentiments he faced attempts to get him imprisoned, which he beat, and won rulings in his favor in an iraqi court, but he didn't stop the extremists who in 2005 attacked him and his sops and killed his two sons in retaliation for visiting israel. testifies not discouraged, ran for parliament, won a seat in 2005, but i remember meeting with him in his living room in baghdad in 2008 rueing the fact he had little money on which to run for re-election
we are favoring the kill and capture piece, especially in places like pakistan and yemen, somalia to some extent and other states. i don't think we have great strategies of waging political warfare. that's what we need to do, a gap that needs to be filled, and i think we can draw lessons from the days of the cold war as to how too that. the need to do that, i think, was brought home to me by a meeting i had a few years ago, i think in 2008 in baghdad with a fellow named -- a brave iraqi...
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it seems we are a bit hypocritical in our view of yemen. i think guantanamo remains a stain on our reputation. recently, congress passed a bill that prohibits granting visas to members of the russian government who abuse human rights violations. president obama signed it. in retaliation, the russian government passed a bill that prohibits americans from adopting russian children and president vladimir putin before signing it at a news conference was quite angry about the bill that our government passed. he said who is the united states to condemn us about human rights when it got guantanamo? it remains a blight on our reputation and one that we waste an awful lot of money and an awful lot of credibility to keep open. it seems like, a 11 years into it, it has become we said we will do it and we will do it whether it makes sense or not. we've got people on the other side of the city who have made the decision that guantanamo will remain open. congress has a 9% approval rating. a poll came out last week were in addition to say 9% of the americ
it seems we are a bit hypocritical in our view of yemen. i think guantanamo remains a stain on our reputation. recently, congress passed a bill that prohibits granting visas to members of the russian government who abuse human rights violations. president obama signed it. in retaliation, the russian government passed a bill that prohibits americans from adopting russian children and president vladimir putin before signing it at a news conference was quite angry about the bill that our...
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in part because over the last years and in pakistan and iraq and afghanistan and yemen and elsewhere. we rely on proprofessionals to implement the protocols to keep our people safe and as i said i have a lot of confidence in them and most of the time they get it right. i was also engaged and think this is what deputy secretary burns was referring to. in the issues related to the deteriorating threat environment, particularly in libya. we were also watching to try to see what we could do to support the libyan government to improve the overall stability of their country to deal with the many militias. we have many programs and actions we were working on. i had a number of conversations with leading libyan officials. i went to libya in october of 2011 and in fact shortly before the attack on benghazi, we approved libya for substantial funding from a joint dod could for border security ct capabilities and wmd efforts. i wanted to clarify that there were specific instances and assessments going on primarily by the security professionals related to individual posts including benghazi. >> wh
in part because over the last years and in pakistan and iraq and afghanistan and yemen and elsewhere. we rely on proprofessionals to implement the protocols to keep our people safe and as i said i have a lot of confidence in them and most of the time they get it right. i was also engaged and think this is what deputy secretary burns was referring to. in the issues related to the deteriorating threat environment, particularly in libya. we were also watching to try to see what we could do to...
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as i said, i have a very serious threat environment in yemen. it turned out we had people getting over that wall in cairo doing damage until we got them out. we had a serious threat against our embassy and i had to call the president of tunisia and beg him to send reinforcement. it could have been a disaster, they burned and trashed our school. i was pretty occupied about keeping our people safe, doing what needed to be done in the follow-up to benghazi. i really don't think anybody in the administration was really focused on that so much as trying to figure out what we should be doing. and you know, i wasn't involved in the talking points process. as i understand it, as i've been told, it was a typical inner agency process where staff including from the state department, all participated to try to come up with whatever was going to be made publicly available and it was an intelligence product and it's my understanding the intelligence community is working with committees to explain the whole process. >> thank you i have follow-up questions but
as i said, i have a very serious threat environment in yemen. it turned out we had people getting over that wall in cairo doing damage until we got them out. we had a serious threat against our embassy and i had to call the president of tunisia and beg him to send reinforcement. it could have been a disaster, they burned and trashed our school. i was pretty occupied about keeping our people safe, doing what needed to be done in the follow-up to benghazi. i really don't think anybody in the...
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it is a key location for the united states and its war on terror, both in africa and yemen -- which is just across the water. >> ephraim savitt, can you tell us about your client mohamed yusuf, what you know about how he as been treated since he has been in u.s. custody? >> good morning. i came across the case because i was appointed by the court and eastern district of new york to represent this particular defendant. the two other detainees also received lawyers that were appointed by the court. at present, now that we're under the court's jurisdiction, he is being treated humanely, being treated well. but that was not always the case. in fact, he was arrested with his co-defendants and others in djibouti by djibouti authorities. they were not treated with kid gloves. let's put it that way. initially. and some point, american authorities got involved in interrogating these three men. so things got better for them now that we're no longer under the radar. >> tell us to your client mohamed yusuf is. >> his approximately 27, 28 years old. he is of somali descent. he comes from sweden. he
it is a key location for the united states and its war on terror, both in africa and yemen -- which is just across the water. >> ephraim savitt, can you tell us about your client mohamed yusuf, what you know about how he as been treated since he has been in u.s. custody? >> good morning. i came across the case because i was appointed by the court and eastern district of new york to represent this particular defendant. the two other detainees also received lawyers that were appointed...
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by target ving very local targets, they expand to western targets, and if allowed to in aqap, and in yemen, they will threaten our homeland itself. so this is obviously something we're paying very close attention to and need to be on top of. >> what about, though, your intelligence on how this raid is going on? we don't foe how many people were there. there have been some reports that there are hundreds still unaccounted for. the numbers are still incredibly murky tonight. but we do know this from our sources here at cnn. that u.s. officials are saying that they're frustrated. that the algerians could have ended this today. they didn't use all the severeness they could. they're concerned about the tactics being used by the algerians, could put hostages in jeopardy. does this jive with what you've heard, that hostages' lives could be in jeopardy because of the algerian leadership? >> i think that is certainly very true and deeply troubling. and i think if they had worked more closely with other nations, including our own, we could have provided intelligence insights, we could have provided
by target ving very local targets, they expand to western targets, and if allowed to in aqap, and in yemen, they will threaten our homeland itself. so this is obviously something we're paying very close attention to and need to be on top of. >> what about, though, your intelligence on how this raid is going on? we don't foe how many people were there. there have been some reports that there are hundreds still unaccounted for. the numbers are still incredibly murky tonight. but we do know...
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the unrest eventually forced out the presidents of egypt, yemen and tunisia. the new government of tunisia is now sold in a big auction. all these treasures collected by tunisia's ousted president. a fleet of luxury sports cars, gold statues, jewelry. this is all being auctioned off. officials say all the money went right back into the country's economy. if you were among more than 1 million people who owned certain models of toyota, there is news you will want to hear. the carmaker is hit by another recall. invest exactly how they want. with scottrade's online banking, i get one view of my bank and brokerage accounts with one login... to easily move my money when i need to. plus, when i call my local scottrade office, i can talk to someone who knows how i trade. because i don't trade like everybody. i trade like me. i'm with scottrade. (announcer) scottrade. awarded five-stars from smartmoney magazine. >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >> a possible tornado touches down. chad, what do we know? >> north of atlanta there is a suburb called adairsville al
the unrest eventually forced out the presidents of egypt, yemen and tunisia. the new government of tunisia is now sold in a big auction. all these treasures collected by tunisia's ousted president. a fleet of luxury sports cars, gold statues, jewelry. this is all being auctioned off. officials say all the money went right back into the country's economy. if you were among more than 1 million people who owned certain models of toyota, there is news you will want to hear. the carmaker is hit by...
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as the peace corps' country director in bulgaria and jordan and was a peace corps volunteer in the yemen arab republic. ms. barbara strack is the chief of the refugee affairs acquisition of the department of homeland security's citizenship and immigration services. ms. strack's responsibilities include managing the refugee corps and headquarters staff to support the u.s. refugee admission program by conducting overseas adjudications and through related policy training, quality assurance, antifraud and national security efforts. .. and state, local, tribal and private sector partners. prior to joining dhs, ms. scalici served as the director for production and strategic program at the cia's office of iraq analysis. where she oversaw current and strategic analysis in iraq and led efforts to advance planning, analytic trade craft, and community collaboration. she earlier served as deputy director for mission management of the national counterterrorism center helping oversee national intelligence related to counterterrorism mission. this is the least is a 29 year veteran of the cia. -- ms. sc
as the peace corps' country director in bulgaria and jordan and was a peace corps volunteer in the yemen arab republic. ms. barbara strack is the chief of the refugee affairs acquisition of the department of homeland security's citizenship and immigration services. ms. strack's responsibilities include managing the refugee corps and headquarters staff to support the u.s. refugee admission program by conducting overseas adjudications and through related policy training, quality assurance,...
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in pakistan, iraq, afghanistan, yemen and elsewhere. and we do rely on security professionals to implement the protocols and procedures necessary to keep our people say. i have a lot of confidence in them because most of the time, they get it right. but i was also engaged in the issues related to the deteriorating credit environment, particularly in libya. there were other places across the region were also watching to see what we could do to support the libyan government to improve the overall stability of their country to deal with their many militias. we have many of programs and actions that we were working on. i had a number of conversations with leading libyan officials. i would to libya in october 2011 haphazard. shortly before the attack on benghazi, we approved libya for a substantial funding from a joint state dod account for border security. i want to clarify their was specific instances and assessments going on primarily by the security professionals related to individual posts including bank out the. >> i saw a communique t
in pakistan, iraq, afghanistan, yemen and elsewhere. and we do rely on security professionals to implement the protocols and procedures necessary to keep our people say. i have a lot of confidence in them because most of the time, they get it right. but i was also engaged in the issues related to the deteriorating credit environment, particularly in libya. there were other places across the region were also watching to see what we could do to support the libyan government to improve the overall...
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of drone strikes in pakistan go down rather dramatically, but we see the number of drone strikes in yemen where al qaeda has a virulent affiliate went up about the same time. so the number of strikes may be declining in pakistan, but they're going up at about the same rate in yemen. the war is moving as it were. >> all right. peter bergen, thank you so much. we appreciate it. >>> after a week of losses and bitter fighting within his own party, john boehner is up for re-election as speaker of the house. we're going to bring you the vote live from capitol hill. that is just moments away. i'm s. [ male announcer ] truth is, nyquil doesn't unstuff your nose. what? [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus liquid gels speeds relief to your worst cold symptoms plus has a decongestant for your stuffy nose. thanks. that's the cold truth! i've got a nice long life ahead. big plans. so when i found out medicare doesn't pay all my medical expenses, i looked at my options. then i got a medicare supplement insurance plan. [ male announcer ] if you're eligible for medicare, you may know it only covers about
of drone strikes in pakistan go down rather dramatically, but we see the number of drone strikes in yemen where al qaeda has a virulent affiliate went up about the same time. so the number of strikes may be declining in pakistan, but they're going up at about the same rate in yemen. the war is moving as it were. >> all right. peter bergen, thank you so much. we appreciate it. >>> after a week of losses and bitter fighting within his own party, john boehner is up for re-election...
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as i said, i have a very serious threat environment in yemen. we have people getting over that wall at the cairo, doing damage, until we got them out. we had a serious threat against our embassy in tunis. had to make the president of tunisian descent reinforcements, which he did -- i had to beg the president of tunisia to send reinforcements. i really do not think anybody in the administration was really focused on that so much as try to figure out what we should be doing. thesn't involved with the talking points process. as i understand it, it was a typical interagency process where staff, including from the state department, participated to come up with the whatever was going to be made publicly available. it was not -- it is my understanding and the intelligence community is working with the appropriate committees to explain the whole process. >> i gather you still stand by the statement he made less than 24 hours that heavily armed militants insulted our compound. do you still stand by that? >> absolutely. >> congratulations and thank you fo
as i said, i have a very serious threat environment in yemen. we have people getting over that wall at the cairo, doing damage, until we got them out. we had a serious threat against our embassy in tunis. had to make the president of tunisian descent reinforcements, which he did -- i had to beg the president of tunisia to send reinforcements. i really do not think anybody in the administration was really focused on that so much as try to figure out what we should be doing. thesn't involved with...
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because as i said, i have a very serious threat environment in yemen. it turned out we had people getting over that wall in cairo and doing damage until we got them out. we had a serious threat against our embassy in tunis. i had to call the president of tunisia and beg him to send reinforcements to finally save our embassy. they burned and trashed our school. so i was pretty occupied about keeping our people safe, doing what needed to be done in the follow up to benghazi. i really don't think anybody in the administration was really focused on that so much as trying to figure out, you know, what we should be doing and, you know, i wasn't involved in the talking points process. as i understand it, as i've been told, it was a typical interagency process where staff, including from the state department, all participated to try to come up with whatever was going to be made publicly available and it wasn't intelligence product and it's my understanding that the intelligence committee is working with appropriate committees to kind of explain the whole proces
because as i said, i have a very serious threat environment in yemen. it turned out we had people getting over that wall in cairo and doing damage until we got them out. we had a serious threat against our embassy in tunis. i had to call the president of tunisia and beg him to send reinforcements to finally save our embassy. they burned and trashed our school. so i was pretty occupied about keeping our people safe, doing what needed to be done in the follow up to benghazi. i really don't think...
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there were two packages sent from yemen to chicago. because some outstanding cooperation by foreign security service. we were given the tracking numbers for those packages. one was sent on its ups and both had computer printers that had toner cartridges that were actually bombs. we got the tracking numbers. they went and found those packages and opened them up. this was good intelligence. on the second instance, they found it on -- it took them three times to find it. there is a master bond maker in yemen that was training others. made those devices and used a similar device to use his younger brother as a suicide bomber at to kill a saudi official. april of last year there is another updated attempts on a u.s. passenger airliner was the intended goal. this device was given to a terrorist to get on a u.s.-bound aircraft and blow the plane up. this terrorist was a double agent for another foreign security terrorists. that individual was able to extricate himself and the device out of yemen. the device was brought back here. we analyzed
there were two packages sent from yemen to chicago. because some outstanding cooperation by foreign security service. we were given the tracking numbers for those packages. one was sent on its ups and both had computer printers that had toner cartridges that were actually bombs. we got the tracking numbers. they went and found those packages and opened them up. this was good intelligence. on the second instance, they found it on -- it took them three times to find it. there is a master bond...
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without oil, saudi arabia is yemen. until two years ago, who knew where yemen was ordered? -- was, or cared? [laughter] >> most of our imports come from canada and mexico there's a flip side to that. there is not really a global market forecasts of this point. even the relatively cheap gas in north america, relatively expensive gas in europe. there are barriers to are exporting our production. can you talk a little bit about the barriers to exports. >> you have to go through the permitting process. but we found no people or exporting it. -- we now found that people are exported. dow chemical and others would say, we do not want you to do that. it might run are price up. -- our price up. them. weeping for are there other barriers to exports? >> clear a huge barrier is the need to be taken down. -- there were huge barriers the need to be taken down. for example, the jones act. you can ship a barrel from saudi arabia to hear across water for less than $2. you cannot load in houston and ship around to philadelphia for $2. it costs $6.50 a barrel. it just costs everybody here a
without oil, saudi arabia is yemen. until two years ago, who knew where yemen was ordered? -- was, or cared? [laughter] >> most of our imports come from canada and mexico there's a flip side to that. there is not really a global market forecasts of this point. even the relatively cheap gas in north america, relatively expensive gas in europe. there are barriers to are exporting our production. can you talk a little bit about the barriers to exports. >> you have to go through the...
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at the time of the benghazi attacks, you indicated there was rising as going on in egypt and yemen and tunisia. it seems as though abroad, because no one could have imagined, and i'm sure you did not when you initially took office, that you have the arab spring and the nation that was going on in these various countries that would happen. i want to ask a question, somewhat what mr. schumer was asking about. just to get your thoughts of what we might do as members of congress and how we might move forward with the nations of their spring so that maybe that is the way we can prevent these kinds of things are happening in the future. >> it's an excellent question, congressman, and it deserves a very thoughtful and, longer than the time i have but let me make three quick points. first, we cannot retreat from, give up on, turn our backs on a new arab spring revolutionary countries and new regimes. they are very new. most of them have leaders that have never run anything. they have come from backgrounds where they are suspicion of security because security was -- it to them in jail. had hara
at the time of the benghazi attacks, you indicated there was rising as going on in egypt and yemen and tunisia. it seems as though abroad, because no one could have imagined, and i'm sure you did not when you initially took office, that you have the arab spring and the nation that was going on in these various countries that would happen. i want to ask a question, somewhat what mr. schumer was asking about. just to get your thoughts of what we might do as members of congress and how we might...
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in pakistan, in iraq, excuse me, in afghanistan, and yemen and elsewhere. and we do, as by necessity, rely on security professionals to implement the protocols and procedures necessary to keep our people safe and as i said in my opening statements, i have a lot of confidence in them because, you know, most of the time they get it right. but i was also engaged, and i think this is what deputy secretary burns was referring to, in the issues related to the deteriorating threat environment, particularly in libya. there were other places across the region we were also watching to try to see what we could do to support the libyan government to improve the overall stability of their country, to deal with the many militias. we have many programs and actions that we were working on. i had a number of conversations with leading libyan officials, i went to libya in october, 2011. in fact, shortly before the attack on benghazi, we approved libya for substantial funding from a joint state dod account for border security, ct capabilities and wmd efforts. so i want to jus
in pakistan, in iraq, excuse me, in afghanistan, and yemen and elsewhere. and we do, as by necessity, rely on security professionals to implement the protocols and procedures necessary to keep our people safe and as i said in my opening statements, i have a lot of confidence in them because, you know, most of the time they get it right. but i was also engaged, and i think this is what deputy secretary burns was referring to, in the issues related to the deteriorating threat environment,...
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guest: largely, but the cia is going to be focused some places like yemen, libya. remember the u.s. attack -- i'm sorry, the terrorist attack on the u.s. mission in benghazi was largely an attack on the cia installation. they are a little more focused on the counter-terror mission, a little more focused on certain parts rather than others. yes, they are a more diverse world with more unknown threats better just harder to get a handle on and to combat in the world where the people we are fighting are just not wearing uniforms or marching in line and are not shooting at us in tanks. they are either doing terrorist attacks or cyber attacks, which are even more difficult to fight. host: thank you very much for your time. guest: sure, at any time. >> and now more on the nomination of john brennan for the head of the cia. host: we are back with former congresswoman jane harmon. served on the intelligence committee from 2003 until 2007. let's begin with the pick of john brennan. why do you think the president chose him? what does this job entail? guest: he has been in the catbird seat for
guest: largely, but the cia is going to be focused some places like yemen, libya. remember the u.s. attack -- i'm sorry, the terrorist attack on the u.s. mission in benghazi was largely an attack on the cia installation. they are a little more focused on the counter-terror mission, a little more focused on certain parts rather than others. yes, they are a more diverse world with more unknown threats better just harder to get a handle on and to combat in the world where the people we are...
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whether you are dealing with ungoverned spaces in parts of africa, yemen, afghanistan, in the philippines and each of those have to have a different -- the national command authority, the president, the secretary of defense, the secretary of state and intelligence officials have to have the flexibility to use the appropriate tool with the appropriate reporting procedures back to congress and all of us as the american people. i think there will be probably some aspect of counterterrorism that continues to be carried out for a long period of time. again, the president can also constrain what areas and what places those forces are going to be while still being able to operate under the other kinds of authorities, the law enforcement authorities would take place. the fact that we continue to have ongoing threats against the united states, the fact that we have people who are trying to come into this country and trying to radicalize others both here as well as europe it means it will be a problem, i think for the future. todoesn't mean you're going have title 10 operations across the world but
whether you are dealing with ungoverned spaces in parts of africa, yemen, afghanistan, in the philippines and each of those have to have a different -- the national command authority, the president, the secretary of defense, the secretary of state and intelligence officials have to have the flexibility to use the appropriate tool with the appropriate reporting procedures back to congress and all of us as the american people. i think there will be probably some aspect of counterterrorism that...
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guest: largely but the cia will be focused on places like yemen and libya. u.s. attack -- the terrorist attack on the u.s. mission in benghazi was largely an attack on the cia installation. they are little bit more focused on the counter-terrorism missions. they are a little bit more focused on certain countries rather than others. largely, they are facing a more diverse world with more on known threats -- people they are fighting are not wearing uniforms and marching in line. they are either doing terrorist attacks or doing cyber attacks which are even more difficult to find. host: thank you very much for your time. we will be talking with jane harmon coming up here at about 7:45 eastern time. we will dig into what the cia faces in 2013. what are the foreign policy challenges in 2013 -- that is the question for all of you this morning. we will get your phone calls by want to show you what president obama had to say yesterday when he put forth the nomination of former republican senator, chuck hagel. [video clip] >> chuck represents the bipartisan attitude we nee
guest: largely but the cia will be focused on places like yemen and libya. u.s. attack -- the terrorist attack on the u.s. mission in benghazi was largely an attack on the cia installation. they are little bit more focused on the counter-terrorism missions. they are a little bit more focused on certain countries rather than others. largely, they are facing a more diverse world with more on known threats -- people they are fighting are not wearing uniforms and marching in line. they are either...
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there were two packages sent from yemen to chicago. because some outstanding cooperation by foreign security service. we were given the tracking numbers for those packages. one was sent on its ups and both had computer printers that had toner cartridges that were actually bombs. we got the tracking numbers. they went and found those packages and opened them up. this was good intelligence. on the second instance, they found it on -- it took them three times to find it. there is a master bond maker in yemen that was training others. made those devices and used a similar device to use his younger brother as a suicide bomber at to kill a saudi official. april of last year there is another updated attempts on a u.s. passenger airliner was the intended goal. this device was given to a terrorist to get on a u.s.-bound aircraft and blow the plane up. this terrorist was a double agent for another foreign security terrorists. that individual was able to extricate himself and the device out of yemen. the device was brought back here. we analyzed
there were two packages sent from yemen to chicago. because some outstanding cooperation by foreign security service. we were given the tracking numbers for those packages. one was sent on its ups and both had computer printers that had toner cartridges that were actually bombs. we got the tracking numbers. they went and found those packages and opened them up. this was good intelligence. on the second instance, they found it on -- it took them three times to find it. there is a master bond...
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what we're seeing is that there is a master bomb maker in yemen who is training others with bomb making, not only those two devices on talking about, the and were device, also used a thermal the vice to use his younger brother as a suicide bomber and kill a saudi official fast forward now to just this past year, april of last year there was another updated attempt again on the u.s. passenger. they give that a vice with the instructions were to get on the u.s.s. pound aircraft and blow the plan up. now fortunately for ross this terrorist was actually a double agent for another security team. that individual was able to extricate himself and the device out of human improvised that device to a u.s. official which brought the device back here. we analyze the device. fortunately for aviation security worldwide this is a new occurrence. concealment. if you look at the glass in your table, it was not even that wide a little bit longer than that. very small. easily concealable. fortunately this individual, we're very fortunate in that regard. that is the challenge we're dealing with. facing the
what we're seeing is that there is a master bomb maker in yemen who is training others with bomb making, not only those two devices on talking about, the and were device, also used a thermal the vice to use his younger brother as a suicide bomber and kill a saudi official fast forward now to just this past year, april of last year there was another updated attempt again on the u.s. passenger. they give that a vice with the instructions were to get on the u.s.s. pound aircraft and blow the plan...
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the greatest number of detainees remaining is close to 100, and they come from yemen, they cannot be transferred to their own country because of the instability there and the growth of the al-qaeda affiliate, al-qaeda in the islamic -- arabian peninsula, rather. patty patti ann? patti ann: catherine, thank you. jon: half the states have decided against setting up insurance exchanges forcing the feds to carry out that part of the mandate. the program is set to given in october. is set to begin in october. our chief national correspondent jim angle is live in washington, he'll make it all clear for you. jim? [laughter] >> reporter: i'll try, jon. that's right. twenty-five states, half of them have rejected the idea of setting up their own insurance exchanges under obamacare leaving it to washington instead. >> they've essentially said to the federal government we don't, we don't really want to be a part of trying to clean up this train wreck we see coming. >> reporter: the administration seems almost desperate to get the states to create their or own exchangings. hhs secretary sebelius
the greatest number of detainees remaining is close to 100, and they come from yemen, they cannot be transferred to their own country because of the instability there and the growth of the al-qaeda affiliate, al-qaeda in the islamic -- arabian peninsula, rather. patty patti ann? patti ann: catherine, thank you. jon: half the states have decided against setting up insurance exchanges forcing the feds to carry out that part of the mandate. the program is set to given in october. is set to begin...
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we have programs in place with the authorities in yemen, morocco, jordan. we are in negotiations with egypt and we will be starting negotiations with tunisia. that gives you an idea of the scope of our involvement. we believe an economic set of reforms and focus on growth must be applied to those economies that have gone through political transformations and that there has to be an economic response to the social restoration. that is what we did those economies have gone through the stress of the amounts of transformation and they now have to be settled in a more inclusive way. we would have to take each and every country to go into the economies. we want to partner, we want to give the signal to other contributors that the governments in place are serious about restoring the economic situation. we hope this will be the case. >> thank you. >> the gentleman to the left has been very persistent. >> good morning. associated press. i would like to ask you about argentina. i would like to know when the meeting will take place. whether recent contacts have provid
we have programs in place with the authorities in yemen, morocco, jordan. we are in negotiations with egypt and we will be starting negotiations with tunisia. that gives you an idea of the scope of our involvement. we believe an economic set of reforms and focus on growth must be applied to those economies that have gone through political transformations and that there has to be an economic response to the social restoration. that is what we did those economies have gone through the stress of...
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under president obama and john brennan, who served under him, 390 in the past decade in pakistan and yemen, and 340 of those were under obama and brennan, while brennan was serving him. what does that say? is brennan partly responsible for these drone attacks? what does that say about, people are very critical of these drone attacks. >> well success has many fathers and controversy has feuders, the drone attacks brings both. this process was fathered and naureur ud by mike hayden when he was the director of the cia at the very tail end of the bush administration. john brennan comes in at the beginning of the obama administration and builds white house policy and process around it. that's also one of the reasons there are few al qaeda leaders walking around today. >> we've gone from leon panetta to david petraeus briefly and now if john brennan is confirmed, john brennan. is the cia changing? >> the cia has changed drastically drastically, charlie. one of the discussions about john brennan is going to be aside from the counterterrorism paramilitary and drone world they have to get back to r
under president obama and john brennan, who served under him, 390 in the past decade in pakistan and yemen, and 340 of those were under obama and brennan, while brennan was serving him. what does that say? is brennan partly responsible for these drone attacks? what does that say about, people are very critical of these drone attacks. >> well success has many fathers and controversy has feuders, the drone attacks brings both. this process was fathered and naureur ud by mike hayden when he...
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pressure on terrorist organizations as they try to expand their affiliates around the world in places like yemen, somalia, and north africa. >> but when it comes to north africa, u.s. intelligence agencies may be of limited use to him. that senior u.s. official tells cnn, quote, we do not have the level of resources, the footprint or the cape bill peas we have in other theaters. after years of focusing on pakistan and afghanistan, the map has changed. from mali to algeria, niger, libya, and egypt, the obama administration is struggling to catch up. u.s. intelligence is now working with france whose own spy networks are more established in the former french colonies in africa. and the u.s. will set up a base in niger to fly over safe havens, hoping to catch terrorists before there is a direct threat to the u.s.'s homeland. >> i'm not ruling it out. we take al qaeda wherever they are very seriously and we are not going to rest on our laurels until we find that kind of specific and credible information. >> one thing that has officials very concerned, terrorists operating in africa have u.s., wester
pressure on terrorist organizations as they try to expand their affiliates around the world in places like yemen, somalia, and north africa. >> but when it comes to north africa, u.s. intelligence agencies may be of limited use to him. that senior u.s. official tells cnn, quote, we do not have the level of resources, the footprint or the cape bill peas we have in other theaters. after years of focusing on pakistan and afghanistan, the map has changed. from mali to algeria, niger, libya,...